NVHG Young Investigators Awards

The "Young Investigator Award" (YIA) of the Dutch Society for Human Genetics, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Humane Genetica (NVHG), will be awarded to a young, talented researcher (PhD). With the award the NVHG wants to stimulate the young researcher by highlighting their achievements and support them to build a strong CV. The award is Euro 500,- and will be presented at the annual NVHG symposium.

YIA 2018

The NVHG received 7 nominations for the 2018 NVHG Young Investigator award (deadline1 July 2018, download the call). The winner will be announced on October 2, during the annual NVHG symposium. A warm "Thank you!" for those that took the time to nominate a candidate.

Overview YIA winners

NVHG Young Investigator Award 2018

At the annual symposium at Papendal, the NVHG
presented the 2018 ‘Young Investigator Award’ to Marc Jan Bonderfor his PhD-thesis "The interplay
between genetics, the microbiome, DNA-methylation &
gene-expression"

NVHG Young Investigator Award 2016

At the annual symposium in Amsterdam, the NVHG
presented the 2016 ‘Young Investigator Award’ to Laurent Francioli.

NVHG Young Investigator Award 2014

On October 3, at the annual symposium, the NVHG presented the 2014 ‘Young Investigator Award’ to Christian Gilissen.

NVHG Young Investigators Award 2011

Heleen Arts, UMC St. Radboud (Nijmegen), won the
NVHG Young Investigators Award 2011, presented at the 2-day NVHG spring symposium in Veldhoven.